David Kordansky Gallery is pleased to present A Thousand Openings, Nicolau Vergueiro's second solo exhibition of new, vibrant sculptures and wall works. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, February 11th at 6 pm. A Thousand Openings will be on view through March 18th.

Vergueiro's new tapestries and sculptures are reminiscent of ceremonial blankets and totems. Such objects, originating from a mundane source, gain a divine function and accumulate a force beyond themselves. He incorporates elements of the ritualistic and adds Pan-African religious and voodoo flourishes. Bones and voodoo beads commingle with vinyl, nylon and fabric.

Each piece has an artisan touch; they are hand-made and sewn using a range of found and altered materials from Brazil and Los Angeles. Colorful fabrics are flocked, silk-screened and quilted and combined with plastic, resin, wood and glass pieces. Mirrored boxes look like multi-faceted diamonds and refract light suggesting endless possibilities and multiple openings. Vergueiro creates lush opulence from simple scraps of material. This neo-folkloric excess of piecemeal materials evokes a reversal; an alternate sense of post-colonial decadence. Instead of a trickle-down effect, from the waste come the riches.

Nicolau Vergueiro lives and works in Los Angeles and Sao Paulo, Brazil. His work was in Follow Me: A Fantasy, curated by Malik Gaines, Arena 1, Los Angeles, CA. He also was a part of New Balance Frontier, curated by Aimee Chang, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN. Nicolau Vergueiro has shown at David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY, and John Connelly Presents, New York, NY. He will exhibit at Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan during the summer of 2006.

For more information please contact the gallery at (323) 222-1482, send a fax to (323) 227-7933 or email info@davidkordanskygallerygallery.com